“Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation,” by Judith Mackrell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. For most, the “flapper” evokes images of fingercurled bobs, drop-waisted dresses, and ...

In 'Flappers,' Judith Mackrell details the lives of Josephine Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, Zelda Fitzgerald, Lady Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard and Tamara de Lempicka in lively roaring '20s fashion.

Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern Joshua Zeitz, . . Crown, $24.95 (338pp) ISBN 978-1-4000-8053-3 ...

The six subjects of Judith Mackrell’s new group biography, Flappers, were notorious celebrities in the 1920s, though mostly forgotten today, which is as good a reason as any to pick up the book ...

For most, the "flapper" evokes images of finger-curled bobs, drop-waisted dresses and endless Charlestoning, like a scene from Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby on a loop.

"Lighthouse Hill," 1927, Edward Hopper, American, oil on canvas 29 1/16 x 40 1/4 inches The Roaring ’20s. The Jazz Age. The third decade of the 20th century was a turbulent, yeasty period in ...

The flapper, with her fringed skirts, bobbed hair and loose stockings, epitomized the “flaming youth” of the 1920s. And she added some nifty expressions to our slang, too: “hotsy-… ...

By Anne Helen Petersen Slate “Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation,” by Judith Mackrell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. For most, the “flapper” evokes images of bobs, d… ...

"Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation," by Judith Mackrell. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. For most, the "flapper" evokes images of fingercurled bobs, drop-waisted dresses, and endless ...

For most, the ‘flapper’ evokes images of fingercurled bobs, drop-waisted dresses, and endless Charlestoning, like a scene from Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ on con… ...